Thread: Thinking in English

Originally Posted by Doomer

This should explain it perfectly
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Yes, this is exactly what I meant with квадратные черты лица.


Okay, some new questions.

1) I was wondering what verb do you use to describe the proccess of putting something consisting of very small parts into a container or something? The good substances to illustrate that "consisting of very small parts" are sand, powder, etc. I would use сыпать in Russian for that.

2) I was watching a movie today and saw a ceiling dropping down powder. I was thinking about using to flake off, but I think it's more of an action when something breaks off in flakes. I would use сыпаться in Russian for that.

3) How can I express пить залпом in English? What is пить залпом? It's when you're trying to drink something down without any pauses, like to breathe in or take a short break. It's like when you try to drink something down in one huge sip.


4) What is your phrase for мышечная память? This is a type of a memory when your mustles move in the same way without you realizing that because you have repeated that movement a huge amount of time. The good example of that is all the mouth movements we use to pronounce sounds, you don't have to make a deliberate effort to reproduce all the mouth movements needed to utter a sound, word, sentence etc correctly, in fact you don't even think about those movements, you just do them automatically.

Okay, that's it for today. Thanks in advance for all your great help

Originally Posted by iCake

Yes, this is exactly what I meant with квадратные черты лица.


Okay, some new questions.

1) I was wondering what verb do you use to describe the proccess of putting something consisting of very small parts into a container or something? The good substances to illustrate that "consisting of very small parts" are sand, powder, etc. I would use сыпать in Russian for that.

2) I was watching a movie today and saw a ceiling dropping down powder. I was thinking about using to flake off, but I think it's more of an action when something breaks off in flakes. I would use сыпаться in Russian for that.

3) How can I express пить залпом in English? What is пить залпом? It's when you're trying to drink something down without any pauses, like to breathe in or take a short break. It's like when you try to drink something down in one huge sip.


4) What is your phrase for мышечная память? This is a type of a memory when your mustles move in the same way without you realizing that because you have repeated that movement a huge amount of time. The good example of that is all the mouth movements we use to pronounce sounds, you don't have to make a deliberate effort to reproduce all the mouth movements needed to utter a sound, word, sentence etc correctly, in fact you don't even think about those movements, you just do them automatically.

Okay, that's it for today. Thanks in advance for all your great help

квадратные черты лица = square jawed.

(1) In English, same verb is used for сыпать и __лить verbs. to pour liquids, to pour powders, grain, sand, dust etc. For some instances, 'to sprinkle', 'to dust' or 'to powder' something, eg dusting with powdered sugar, a dusting of snow. But these are usually for small amounts, to make a thin covering. So when going in a container, pour the powder in. When the powder is going on in small amounts, as in sugar, talcum powder etc, then use 'to dust', or 'to powder', 'to sprinkle' or even 'to shake some ___ on'. If lots of the solid substance is being put on, then it would be 'poured on' also. Ground pepper would use it's own verb 'to pepper' something, and salt would use it's own verb, 'to salt'. "Shake some salt (pepper, or whatever) on it." Could also use verb derived from implement used. 'He shoveled the cement powder into the cement mixer.' Also, could use "to spoon in" for some types of things.

(2) Disintegrating into powder, coming to bits, ( & shivered to atoms)

(3) gulp it down, chug it down, gulp down without stopping, For food, same idea is 'to wolf it down' There are a few others, scarf it down,...

(4) I have seen 'muscle memory' used, and some people will be fully familiar with this, but not every one, I expect. For a habitual action not requiring any thought by person performing, but could be quite involved, and not easy to explain. Gymnastics, figure skating etc, take time to learn, but once learned, person doesn't need to think about individual actions, it's muscle memory. (it doesn't matter that the muscle has no memory, it's called that anyway.)